TIBBATTS, John Wooleston, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Lexington, Ky., June 12, 1802; pursued
classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Newport,
Campbell County, Ky.; held several local offices; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); served as colonel in the Mexican War;
resumed the practice of law in Newport, Ky., and died there July 5, 1852; interment in Evergreen
Cemetery.